#CED940#CED940

#CED940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.169 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED940
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -22.09, 69.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 73.22, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0676 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.169 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1934, 63.1187, 14.3359)
Luminance	0.6312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED940 #4B40D9

analogous

#D99840 #CED940 #81D940

triadic

#CED940 #40CED9 #D940CE

tetradic

#CED940 #40D998 #4B40D9 #D94081

square

#CED940 #40D998 #4B40D9 #D94081

split-complementary

#CED940 #4081D9 #9840D9

monochromatic

#7D841A #ADB724 #CED940 #DBE373 #E8EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#CED940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED940

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED940	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.169 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e47f',
    500: '#ced940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced940;
$custom-light: #e1e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.314,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85022,
    "c": 0.16916,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED940

secondary

#39328B

accent

#3EEA4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED940

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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